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The Quarterly Bulletin
of the
American Rhododendron Society

Winter 1980
Vol. 34 No. 1

Published quarterly by the AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY, Rt. 2, Box 600, Aurora, Oregon 97002. Membership subscription to the American Rhododendron Society $12 a year. The Quarterly Bulletin of the American Rhododendron Society is included as a benefit of membership. Copyright 1980 by the American Rhododendron Society. Permission to reprint any portion of this volume must be granted in writing by the Society.

Issue Contents
Issue Contents A Short Guide to the Native Azaleas by Walter G. Beasley	undefined	undefined Mycorrhizae and Rhododendron by Larry Englander, Ph.D.
Issue Contents Massachusetts Chapter to Host Annual Meeting on Cape Cod by Augustus M. Kelley	undefined	undefined Another Successful Joint Chapter Meeting by H. Furman Cantrell
Issue Contents Azaleas and Their Cold Tolerance Research Activities at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum by Dr. Harold Pellett	undefined	undefined Cold Hardiness, Nutrition, Mycorrhizae and Companion Plants as They Relate to the Ericaceae by Michael A. Dirr, Ph. D.
Issue Contents R. johnstoneanum by Arthur W. Headlam	undefined	undefined Vancouver Artist - Mary Comber Miles by David Bar Zvi
Issue Contents Oregon Chapters Win and Share by June Brennan	undefined	undefined Nominating Committee Report by Dr. August E. Kehr
Issue Contents Board Meeting by Esther Berry	undefined	undefined Over-wintering Newly Rooted Azaleas by Mark Konrad
Issue Contents The Seasonal Change of Cold Hardiness in Rhododendrons by Satoshi Yamaguchi	undefined	undefined Hybrid Rhododendron Grower Finds New Approach to Shorter Rooting Time
Issue Contents Facts Without Handles by Max E. Byrkit, M.D.	undefined	undefined Potomac Valley Chapter Awards Bronze Medals
Issue Contents A.R.S. Plant Awards	undefined	undefined Azalea Chapter Bronze Medal
Issue Contents New Fungus Discovered	undefined	undefined A.R.S. Plant Registry
Issue Contents	undefined	undefined Advertisements

OFFICERS
President	undefined Secretary-Treasurer	undefined Western Vice President
FRED GALLE	undefined TED VAN VEEN	undefined JOHN P. EVANS, M. D.
Past President	undefined Eastern Vice President	undefined Editor
E C BROCKENBROUGH, M. D.	undefined GEORGE RING	undefined ED EGAN
	undefined Executive Secretary	undefined
	undefined ESTHER BERRY	undefined

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1980
BOARD OF DIRECTORS P. H. BRYDON - ALFRED S. MARTIN - MRS. MARGE FARWELL - HENRY A. SCHANNEN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1981
BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAROLD GREER - DR. GUSTAV MEHLQUIST - GEORGE RING - DR. L. KEITH WADE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1982
BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. AUGUST KEHR - BRITT SMITH - JANET BINFORD - DR. MAX RESNICK
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS AZALEA	undefined JUAN de FUCA	undefined OLYMPIA	undefined SIUSLAW
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Mrs. Robert T. Brown	undefined Frank Chamberlin	undefined Buzz Hettinger	undefined Michael J. Bones
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS BIRMINGHAM	undefined KOMO KULSHAN	undefined OLYMPIC PENINSULA	undefined SO. CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Richard Cooper	undefined Greg Haner	undefined Mrs John Buhler, Jr.	undefined Carl Deul
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CALIFORNIA	undefined LEWIS COUNTY	undefined PHILADELPHIA	undefined SOUTHEASTERN
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS E. Parker Smith	undefined Melvin Lueken	undefined Vernon Quarles	undefined Russell Haag
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS CONNECTICUT	undefined MASSACHUSETTS	undefined PIEDMONT	undefined SOUTHWESTERN OR
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Mrs. Philip E. Taylor	undefined A. Richard Brooks	undefined Marshall G. Stillwell	undefined Willard E. Morgan
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DE ANZA	undefined MIDDLE ATLANTIC	undefined PORTLAND	undefined TACOMA
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Tom Wynn	undefined Austin C. Kennell	undefined Frank D. Mossman, MD	undefined Frank A. Lough
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS DENMARK	undefined MIDWEST	undefined POTOMAC VALLEY	undefined TAPPAN ZEE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Vagn Jorgensen	undefined William Rapshys	undefined Norton Boothe	undefined Hans E. Bussink
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS EUGENE	undefined MONTEREY BAY	undefined PRINCETON	undefined TUALATIN VALLEY
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Harold Greer	undefined Melvin C. Allen	undefined Patricia Pfeiffer	undefined Harold T. Krug
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GRAYS HARBOR	undefined NEW JERSEY	undefined SAN MATEO	undefined VALLEY FORGE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Lyle Lancaster	undefined David Wuebbens	undefined Ronald A. Killian	undefined Clarence Ziegler
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS GREAT LAKES	undefined NEW YORK	undefined SEATTLE	undefined VANCOUVER, B. C.
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Felix A. Robinson, Jr.	undefined William Tietjen	undefined Ralph H. Nichols	undefined Harold A. Johnson
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS INDIANA	undefined NORTH KITSAP	undefined SHELTON	undefined WILLIAM BARTRAM
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS Roland Schroeder, Jr.	undefined T. A. Peterschmidt	undefined Helen Agoa	undefined Dr. Curtis Sidden
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined	undefined WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENTS OF CHAPTERS	undefined	undefined	undefined June Brennan

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